What is fall prevention? Fall prevention is a program designed to decrease the number of fall injuries, especially in the elderly population in which it is one of the most common causes of injury. An approximate of 646000 people die due to fall accidents yearly and...
What is Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy? Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a specialized form of physical therapy designed to alleviate complaints that arise in a wide variety of balance disorders. Balance disorders are related to the vestibular system of...
What is physical therapy? Physical therapy or physiotherapy is among the many allied health professions that focus on the diseases and/or injuries that limit a person’s movement and ability to perform functional activities in their daily lives. It assesses and...
Introduction COVID-19 is an infectious disease that is caused by a newly discovered viral strain, SARS-CoV-2 that belongs to the coronavirus group and causes mild to severe respiratory disease in humans. The strain was first identified in the city of Wuhan, Hubei...
Joint complaints secondary to any pathology is an extremely prevalent health concern in middle age to the elderly population, which requires frequent medical attention. In the majority of cases, the hip and knee joints are the most commonly affected sites that produce...
What is anticoagulation therapy? Anticoagulation or blood-thinning is a medical domain that employs chemical compounds to prevent or reduce the clotting of blood within the vessels. In healthy homeostatic conditions, the body regulates a constant balance between the...
